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VERA Files Fact Check tracks the false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures, and debunks them with factual evidence. It also fights misinformation and disinformation spread on the internet. This project is supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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With the escalating tensions between the United States (U.S.) and China following the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, a Filipino Facebook (FB) page published a video erroneously […]
There is no truth to the claim in a circulating video that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has authorized the operation of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The […]
A TikTok video reshared on Facebook (FB) claims President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has reclaimed Sabah from Malaysia. Not true. There have been no recent claims by the president on Sabah, […]
Several links being shared through Facebook (FB) posts and via private messages redirect to imposter websites claiming to be the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) and that the agency is giving […]
A YouTube video featured a vlogger who said former vice-president Leni Robredo claimed that Angat Buhay foundation would serve the public better than the government of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos […]
A video circulating on Facebook (FB) is claiming that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos addressed former senator Leila De Lima over her comment on his administration’s refusal to rejoin the International […]
A Facebook (FB) user published photos of trains with the claim these are for the “Manila to Tuguegarao” train line. This claim is false. On Aug. 1, the netizen uploaded […]
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rode a U.S. Air Force plane, not a submarine, to get to Taiwan on Aug. 2. No Chinese government official threatened to shoot down Pelosi’s plane to Taiwan, but a columnist from the Chinese state-controlled newspaper Global Times warned that the military has the right to do so.
In an attempt to prove that a scene in the film “Maid in Malacañang” is historically accurate, the theater group of its director Darryl Yap on Facebook (FB) cited an […]
In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.